STEM Students Hone Research Skills Through UCF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Programs UCF’s Center for Research in Computer Vision, led by Professor Mubarak Shah, has the nation’s longest-running REU program, continuously operating for 37 years.
14 Tips to Help You Prepare for Hurricane Season UCF Professor and natural disaster expert Christopher Emrich shares his 10 do’s and four don’t’s for the current hurricane season.
UCF Student Receives National Acclaim for Project Protecting Leatherback Sea Turtles Callie Veelenturf’s conservation work has been featured on the front page of The Washington Post and on CBS News and in Smithsonian magazine.
UCF Expertise Tapped to Help Combat Land, Ecological Losses in Mississippi River Delta Goals for the MissDelta project include collecting data on the coastal water levels and ocean waves inside of the Birdsfoot region of the Mississippi River and using that data to analyze the extreme storm surges and wave events.
UCF Rosen College Study Reveals Economic Impact of Florida’s Red Tide on Tourism One of the most striking conclusions of the study is the relationship between the severity of red tide blooms and their economic impact on tourism.
Stories of Innovation, Discovery Highlight UCF Research Top 10 News List of 2023 The annual top 10 research news list is based on UCF Today page views and coverage UCF research received by global, national, state and local media.
UCF Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Lab Receives Disney Grant, Continues Restoration Research The competitive $100,000 grant from Disney provides fresh funds for the lab’s conservation work, while attracting top science talent from around the U.S. through undergraduate research experiences.
New UCF Project Examines Key Role Soils Play in Keeping the Planet Cool The research, funded by a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will examine a method to keep carbon from escaping soils and trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
UCF Sea Turtle Research Highlighted for 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act The green sea turtle population at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is an Endangered Species Act success story, due in large part to the work of UCF’s Marine Turtle Research Group.
UCF Researchers Are Contributing to World Oceans Day At UCF, researchers are studying a wide range of ways to improve ocean health, from patented soil that can remove up to 90% of pollutants from water to saving sea turtles riddled with disease.
Seminole County debuts Economic Development Hub to help small businesses grow Orlando Business Journal
